A Four-Part Webinar Series

APHA and ecoAmerica are proud to co-sponsor a four-part webinar series investigating the health impacts of climate change. The series explores the connection between climate change and key areas of our health: allergies and asthma; health risks in children; mental health; and transportation and healthy community design as a mitigation approach.

Part I – Making the Connection: Climate Changes Allergies and Asthma
Mark Mitchell, MD, David B. Peden, MD, MS, and Mona Sarfaty, MD, MPH

Discover how climate change conditions impact allergies and asthma. 

View the webinar slides (all are downloadable PDFs): Welcome, David Peden, Mona Safaty, Conclusion
View the fact sheet (PDF)

Part II – Making the Connection: Climate Changes Children’s Health
Kim Knowlton, DrPH, Samantha Ahdoot, MD, FAAP, and Samuel Myers, MD, MPH

Gain insights on how climate change can influence children’s health and well-being.

View the webinar slides (all are downloadable PDFs): Welcome, Samantha Ahdoot, Samuel S. Myers, Conclusion
View the fact sheet (PDF)

Part III – Making the Connection: Changing Climate through Healthy Community Design and Transportation
Linda Rudolph, MD, MPH, Richard Jackson, MD, MPH, and James Whitehead

Discover how transportation and healthy community design can ease the clinical impacts of climate change.

View the webinar slides (all are downloadable PDFs): Welcome, Richard Jackson, James Whitehead, Conclusion
View the fact sheet (PDF)

Part IV – Making the Connection: Climate Changes Mental Health
Mollie Marti, PhD, JD, Susan Clayton, PhD, MS, and Lise Van Susteren, MD

Gain insights on how the conditions of climate change can impact mental health and how this presents itself in our communities.

View the webinar slides (all are downloadable PDFs): Welcome, Susan Clayton, Lise Van Susteren, Conclusion
View the fact sheet (PDF).(Fact sheet references can be found here.)

Questions? Contact APHA's climate change team.

Watch this webinar series introduction from APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin and ecoAmerica President Bob Perkowitz and hear why you should "be part of the solution..."

Stay involved! Follow the conversation on social media using the hashtags #APHAwebinar and #ClimateChangesHealth. For more information on how climate change impacts health, please visit www.apha.org/climate.

These webinars were funded through a memorandum of understanding between the American Public Health Association and ecoAmerica. The contents of the webinars are solely the responsibility of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the official views of the American Public Health Association or ecoAmerica.